Big Bed!

Kali is no longer our baby anymore and she is finally moving up in the world as a "Big Girl" with her very own brand new "Big Girl" bed. This has been the big debate for the past few months because I wasn't quite ready to give our little drama queen her freedom yet, especially when she is perfectly fine with her crib. I had talked myself into keeping her in the crib until after the baby comes. Well, to make a long story short I of course got the pregnancy nesting fever and wanted to get the room and crib all ready for the baby and therefore get Kali a new bed. So, we decided to transition her before this baby comes and get her used to the fact that the crib is no longer hers and is going to be for her new baby sister. Anyways, I bought her new bedding a while before we got the bed and so we talked it up and got her all excited to have a new big bed just like Zach. She was so excited and actually loved the idea of a new big bed. So the big day came and we moved out the crib and brought in the "Big Girl" bed and it was all ready for nap time. She actually stayed in the bed and never got out and went right to sleep the FIRST time!! So then I thought she should figure this out pretty quickly...well, bed time rolled around and again it was a piece of cake. She went doewn no problem! So I went to check on her after she was asleep later on and this is what I saw.


I thought it was kinda funny how she was sleeping sideways and she did this for the whole first week. Oh well...whatever works. She still has yet to figure out how much freedom she has. I love it! She still actually sits in her bed and whines until I come get her in the morning and also after naps. It's been a really easy transition and I just hope that she doesn't figure out her freedom right when this baby comes!!! You know that's exactly what's going to happen!!!

Happy 7 Years to US!

Well, Mark and I just celebrated our 7 year anniversary this weekend(April 27th)! 7 YEARS!! WOW! Where does the time go!!? I would post some pictures of our little day trip get-a-way except that I FORGOT the camera! Dang it! Oh well, darn ...no FAT pics of me and my huge belly! ok...so we did take a few pictures with Mark's camera phone and who knows when I'll get those from him, so you'll just have to wait and see. Anyways, so we decided to take a day trip to San Francisco with NO KIDS and just enjoy spending time together. It was actually really nice to have a 2 hour drive together and have actual real converstaion with my husband that has been working 24/7 these days. When we got there we decided to take a Catamaran sailing cruise around the Bay and just enjoy the beautiful day. I highly recommend it if you've never done it! After that we walked around Pier 39 and then decided to head over to Union Square for a little shopping downtown and dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. I LOVE that place! Well, so we didn't actually do a whole lot of shopping because my poor huge body was exhausted, but we did enjoy a YUMMY dinner and the BEST Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake you'll ever have!! I LOVE IT! That honestly was probably my favorite part of the whole day!! ...other than being with my wonderful husband!! We had a great time and I am so grateful for such a wonderful husband that I love so much and for the 7 years we have had together, and I look foward to the many more years ahead of us!

On a side note... so I know I haven't posted anything in a while and I was seriously going to post some pictures tonight of the kids, BUT I can't find the camera cable that hooks up to the computer to upload the pictures. DANG! I seriously have turned over this whole desk looking for it so hopefully my dear husband has just put it somewhere and I will have to find it another day. SORRY. SOOOO, when I do get more pictures I will post them as soon as I can...and who knows...maybe there will be some lovely big belly pictures of me for those of you that have been asking!

Easter Fun!

We started the Easter weekend off with an Easter egg hunt with the Mommy & Me group at a park. Zach had preschool that morning so it was just me and Kali heading to the park and she was so excited. There was a huge turnout and plenty of eggs and fun! Kali had so much fun with her friend Kinsey. While waiting for the egg hunt to start they found a patch of flowers and I got a few cute pics of them . It was a little chilly and I couldn't get Kali to take off her hood so sorry about those few pics where you can't even see her. We had all the kids sit on the bleachers and sing songs while the eggs were being hidden. As you can see there were tons of kids and it really was a lot of fun. The first egg Kali found she had to open and discovered candy inside. SO, of course every egg she picked up she had to open to see what was inside. I had to convince her to keep finding the eggs and then we'll open them at the end. She was so cute and it was fun to spend time with just her. It was so cute how they all sat down next to each other to discover what was in their eggs. The sugar binge begins!








Saturday we had an Easter Egg hunt at Aunt Kristin's house in her massive backyard. The kids had so much fun! They especially loved just sitting and eating all the jelly beans til their hearts' were content. They had a picnic outside eating chicken dinos and apples and of course more jelly beans! Oh well, who cares! I figure let them binge on sugar for one weekend and then it all disappears after that. What's the fun in Easter Egg hunts if you don't get any candy, right?! Plus I get to pick out all the good stuff and eat it myself! Especially the chocolate! I am a "chocoholic" for those of you that didn't know.




Sunday morning the kids woke up to find that the Easter bunny left them a little something in their baskets. They were so excited about their new "binoculars", as Zach would call them. A simple toy and a little candy is all they needed to be entertained for the next little while. Kali was loving that she could see Cinderella in her "noculars".



Here are a few pictures of Zach and Kali in there Sunday Easter outfits. Zach's new favorite thing to wear to church now are new ties and his missionary tag. He thinks he is so big these days. As you can see, the weather has been so nice lately. We went to Mark's parents house after church to have Easter dinner with them and we had a great time. We had a really nice Easter Sunday.

Fun Day with Mommy!

This was a week ago but I thought I'd post it any way. This was last Friday when I had nothing planned and felt like being totally non-productive with my house or anything else and so I just made it a day with the kids. So, I let them play something that I NEVER let them play with and just let them get as messy as they wanted...it was PLAYDOUGH time!!! and they LOVED it! I swear I need to do this more often!




After playing with playdough for a good hour, we cleaned it all up and then went for a walk/bike ride to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather we've been having! While out walking and Zach and Kali riding their bikes I realized that they needed to be wearing bike helmets and how horrible I am of a mom for not making them wear them before. So I decided to make it fun and go the Target all together and pick out helmets...that way it would be extra special and they would be more inclined to wear them if they picked them out themselves! Right?! Well, it was a success and they love their new helmets! In fact it was nearly impossible to get them to take them off for naptime! Here's a few picks of them sporting their new helmets.



Moral of the story is...It's so great to drop everything and take time to spend a quality fun day with your kids! I feel like so many days go by where I am so busy with keeping up with the house, laundry, groceries, cooking, running errands, making it to appointments or playdates or preschool, or talking on the phone, that I forget what is most important in my life. My children are my pride and joy and I forget how much fun they can be! I have to say that we really had a fun day together and I'm sure they enjoyed having a mom that actually played with them and paid attention to them. I'm sure you all have had days like this where it hits you...we live very busy lives and we forget how much our kids just need a mom to play with sometimes. Needless to say, I had a very fun day with my two SWEET kids and I LOVED every minute of it! I need to remember to do this more often!

Cousins...you think?

A couple weeks ago we went to this awesome new park and Sheila met us there with Justin and new baby Jordan. Unfortunately, I forgot that I brought my camera until like 5 minutes before it was time to leave and so that's why there are only 2 pictures to share. Dang it! Well, so do you think these two look like cousins or related in any way or what?!! They were so cute and having so much fun together!

Bubbles

Well, I'm sure you all know how much kids love bubbles and mine have been going through them like a bottle a day if I would let them. This was just one Sunday after church a few weeks ago and I thought they were cute blowing bubbles in their church clothes.

Streak reader

So the other night I asked Kali to go get her jammies on and get ready to read books before bedtime. Well, this is what I saw when I came in her room. She got the "read books" part but forgot about the whole "put your jammies on part". I swear this girl would go naked all day every day if I let her. Well, I actually thought it was quite funny and I'm sure many of you can relate.

Lame excuse

Okay, so for those of you that keep reminding me that I need to update my blog because we all know "It's a GIRL already!!!" Here it goes... I'm really lame and I have seriously taken NO pictures this whole last month. I feel like I have been so busy but I really can't think of a good enough excuse with what I have been so busy with! Can any of you relate? I'm sure my life hasn't been so uneventful that I can't take any pictures but for some reason it was this last month. I did take a few video clips of Zach and Kali playing but until I can figure out how to get those on here don't plan on seeing them anytime soon. :) Anyways, so I will work on that and eventually have some new pictures to share soon! This pregnancy brain isn't doing me any good, that's for sure!

It's a GIRL!

Today I had my ultra-sound and Mark was able to be there also. I love this appointment!! I think it is so much fun finding out what the gender of the baby is and also getting to see the little munchkin move around in there and see all the body parts and heart beat and hands, arms, legs and especially those little toes and feet! I could go on forever...anyways, we are so excited to say we are having another GIRL!! I am so glad Kali is going to have a sister. I don't know what I would do without MY sisters! Sisters are special! Mark is excited too. He wouldn't mind another boy but at least he has Zach and let me tell you, that boy is as BOY as they come! Anyways, I just had to share our fun news of the day!

Kali's first haircut!

Well, I decided it was finally time for a little trimming on our little Kali. I have never wanted to cut her hair because of her adorable curls that I thought would disappear after we cut them off. Well, she did a great job sitting very still for her Aunt Kristin to do a little trim. She only cut about an inch or a little more just to even up the back and cut off the stringy ends that have been there since she was born. She looks so cute and her hair actually looks a little fuller and thicker now that it's all even and the curls are still there! She really has the best hair ever! I wish my hair would look that good with no effort put into it!!